clout

clout is a 5-letter English word with 16 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
2. noun. A swadding cloth.
3. noun. A piece; a fragment.
4. noun. The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
5. noun. An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
6. noun. A blow with the hand.
7. noun. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
8. noun. To join or patch clumsily.
9. noun. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
10. noun. To give a blow to; to strike.
11. noun. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
12. noun. (boxing) a blow with the fist

    "I gave him a clout on his nose"

    Synonyms: biff, lick, poke, punch, slug

13. noun. a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood
14. noun. special advantage or influence

    "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"

    Synonyms: pull

15. noun. a target used in archery
16. verb. strike hard, especially with the fist

    "He clouted his attacker"

Synonyms

biff, lick, poke, punch, slug, pull

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in clout:

culot

Common word forms

clouts, clouted, clouter, clouting

Words from these letters

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